| Description |
xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Defining moments series |
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Defining moments.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index. |
| Summary |
"Explains the events that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Details both the racial discrimination and violence that pervaded the South and the civil rights protests that changed American voting rights. Features include a narrative overview, biographies, primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Preface -- How to use this book -- Narrative Overview: -- Prologue: -- Jim Crow South -- Boycotts, sit-ins, and freedom rides -- March on Washington -- Freedom Summer -- Showdown in Selma -- Voting Rights Act becomes law -- Legacy of the Voting Rights Act -- Biographies: -- Ella Baker (1903-1986) -- James Farmer (1920-1999) -- Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) -- Lyndon B Johnson (1908-1973) -- Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-1968) -- John Lewis (1940- ) -- George Wallace (1919-1998) -- Primary Sources: -- Alabama Literacy Test samples -- Learning the bitter truth about Jim Crow -- White support for the Montgomery Bus Boycott -- Ella Baker describes the founding of SNCC -- James Farmer remembers the Freedom Rides -- Registering voters during Freedom Summer -- Powerful testimony from Fannie Lou Hamer -- Martin Luther King's letter from a Selma, Alabama jail -- John Lewis remembers "Bloody Sunday" -- Terror on the Edmund Pettus Bridge -- President Lyndon Johnson delivers "The American Promise" -- Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- Senator Barack Obama supports renewal of the VRA -- Important people, places, and terms -- Chronology -- Sources for further study -- Bibliography -- Photo and illustrations credits -- Index. |
| Subject |
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 (United States) (OCoLC)fst01363616
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African Americans -- Suffrage.
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Suffrage -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.
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Election law -- United States.
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African Americans -- Suffrage.
(OCoLC)fst00799713
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Election law. (OCoLC)fst00904300
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Suffrage. (OCoLC)fst01137187
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States -- Politics and government.
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| Chronological Term |
1963-1969
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Hillstrom, Laurie Collier, 1965- Voting Rights Act of 1965. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, ©2009 (OCoLC)760746648 |
| ISBN |
9780780810488 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0780810481 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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